With one fourth-quarter pass, the narrative about Odell Beckham Jr. and the New York Giants could’ve been so different this week. All the talk about Beckham being a distraction to himself or his teammates, about the Giants throwing away a winnable game to the Washington Redskins, about Ben McAdoo’s playcalling being questionable or the defense reverting to last year’s form, would be nonexistent.
It all would have been so different if quarterback Eli Manning had seen that blur in a No. 13 jersey streaking down the left sideline uncontested on the first offensive play of the fourth quarter.